Women's Ice Hockey

SHU Women's Ice Hockey Begins Season Friday Night

Oct 11, 2013

FAIRFIELD, Conn. – The Sacred Heart women's ice hockey team opens up their 2013-14 schedule this weekend with a pair of home contests against the University of Rhode Island. The Pioneers, headed by Head Coach Tom O'Malley in his 11th year, are coming off an extremely successful 18-13-2 season in 2012-13. Sacred Heart finished third in the ECAC Tournament last season, defeating St. Michael's 3-2 in the consolation game at the Wonderland of Ice.

Sacred Heart returns 22 players, including seven seniors, from a team that won a program record 18 games in 2012-13. Sacred Heart's top six scorers from a year ago return including top point-getters, Casey Stathopoulos (Waltham, MA) and Melissa Robbins (Nashua, NH). Stathopoulos and Robbins both scored a team-high 14 goals in 2012-13. Alex Davis (Pembroke, MA) (22), Natasha Klinoff (Concord, MA) (21), and Sara Hanna (Lino Lakes, MN) (20) all logged 20+ points for the Pioneers last season and are expected to be key contributors for SHU this year.

SHU also returns all goaltenders from a year ago, including senior Alexius Schutt (Elk River, MN) who led the Pioneers with a 7-8-1 record a year ago.

The Pioneers defeated Rhode Island twice last year, with a combined score of 11-4.